“SCOTUS Watchers Freak Out Over Breyer’s ‘Selfish’ and ‘Dangerous’ Decision to Stay Put; ‘Law professors are supposed to speak respectfully of these people and in hushed tones about Justice Breyer and all that, but he’s being an idiot,’ said one law professor”: Scott Bixby of The Daily Beast has this report.

“Sarah Welch to clerk for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh”: Ohio University’s Ohio News has this report.

There’s always next year: Jon Ward of Yahoo News reports that “The real measure of Justice Amy Coney Barrett will come in the next year.”

“Schumer: Democrats ‘ready to expeditiously fill’ any Supreme Court vacancy.” Jordain Carney of The Hill has this report.

“How Democrats Lost the Courts: Justice Stephen Breyer hasn’t retired yet; But filling Supreme Court seats is just one battle in a war over the judiciary — one that progressives worry they’re losing.” Emma Green of The Atlantic has this report.